The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-10-27
A Druggists Mistake.
A Sick Mans Wife Disregards thu
Druggists Advice and So Saves
the Life of Her Husband.

"N' --' INC " write ietters; but nv
wife thought 1t was 10 more than rich,
that l should let you know what zon.
remedy has done for me, and 1 tbink -
too.
live in East 18TH street. west of Tbi,a
avenue, and have lived there for abon, +,
twenty-three years, where 1 own real
estate. lip TO the time am about to men.
ton had been strong, well man. There
was always moe or less malaria in tia
neighborhood, but 1 had not PERSONAL,
suffered from it. 1t was in 1880 had INV
first attack. 1t came en- as such attacts
commonly do, with headaches, loss of an.
petite and ambition, chilly sensations
with slight fever afterwards, disposition
to yawn and stretch, and so forth. Iva.
employed at that time at Killians 4
Brothers, furniture manufacturers, in
West Thlrty-second street. hoped the
attack would wear off, but as it didn't
consulted a woll-known and able physi.
clan in Morrisanis, who gave n.
quinine and told me what 10
do. I can sum up the first four
and half or five years of my experience
in few words. Occasionally was laid IN
for day or two, but on the whole l stuck
to my work. 1 kept taking quinine in
larger doses from year to year, and kept
on getting weaker and worse, slowly but
surely, all the time. Ny trouble was now
well defined and Its symptoms were steady
and regular. I had dumb ague in its
worst form, and it was grinding me down
in spite of all that could do or the doc
tors could do. 1t held me in grip like
fire IN burning coal mine. The poison
had gone all through and over me and
nothing was able to touch it. was fast
losing flesh and strength, and about
March, 1884, knocked off work entirely
and went home to be down sick, and to
die, for all l could tell. l ran down 80
rapidly that l soon became unable to walk
any distance. Later l went from room to
room in my own house only by friends
holding me up by each arm. The doses
of quinine we're increased until l often
took thirty grains at dose. The effects
of this tremendous stimulation was to
make me nearly wild. 1t broke my sleep
all up, and 1 often walked the floor, or
staggered about it, all night long, scarcely
able to bear any noise or even human
speech. My temper was extremely irri-
table. As to food, one of my little chill
dren would eat more in a meal than |
could in day. l would order food and
then turn from it in disgust. 1 lived on
quinine and other stimulants and on my
self, like a bear in winter. The quinins
set my head in whirl, and the liquor
given as medicine-made my stomach so
sick / could not tolerate it.
From 175 pounds (my proper weight)I
ran down to 81 pounds-the weight of
light girl--and was scarcely better than
skeleton.
If anybody had taken a Ratchet and
knocked me down and killed me l should
have been better off.
During the latter part of this period
early in 1886, my physician said: MILLER
there is no use in my taking any more
money of you, l can't do you any good
might pour pounds of quinine down your
throat and it won't help you"
On the strength OF this l gave up the
use of quinine altogether, and made up
my mind to do nothing more and take my
chances.
Three weeks afterwards-about the last
of May-my wife saw an advertisement
of Kaskine in New York paper, She
told me of it. said STUFF and non
sense! it can do me any good" But she
went to druggists, nevertheless, TO get
it. The druggist advised her against
Kasklne; he said it was nothing but suger;
that she ought not to throw away her
money OF it, etc. He said he didn't keep
it, but could get it if she insisted on hgv-
ing it. Turning away in disgust my wife
spoke to our ueighbor, Mr.. A. G.. Hege-
valid, who got her bottle at drug store
in Sixth avenue.
Almost against my will and without the
least faith, began taking it. In one
week was better. 1 began 10 sleep.
stopped "seeing ghosts" 1 began to
have an appetite and to gain strength.
This was now the first of June, 1886, and
by the end of that month was back at
my bench at G. P. Smiths scrowlsawing
factory in 10th street, where l work
now.
Since then have never lost day from
Taking Ksskine only. about
forty pellets in four equal doses a day.
continued to gain. The malaria appeared
to be killed in my system, and now I've
got back my old weight-175 pounds
and my old strength to labor. 1 am an
to myself and to my friends,
and if Kaskire did not do this, don't
know what did. The only greater thing it
could do would be to bring dead man to
life. FREDER1CK A. MILLER,
$50 East 18th street, New York.
2. S.-For the absolute truth of the
above statement l refer to the following
gentlemen, who are personally acquainted
With the facts: Mr.. Alexander Weir, 626
L56th street; Mr.. George Seaman. 15Sth
street and Courtlandt avenue; Mr.. A.
doebus, 154th street and CourtlRndt ave-
Tue; Mr.. p. F. Vaupel, 154th street and
Jourtlandt avenue: Mr.. John Lunny, $50
Cast 15Sth street, Mr.. John Renshaw, 124
25th street, and many others. 1 will also
eply to letters of inquiry.
We submit that the above astonishing
.ure, vouched for as it is by reputable
men, is deserving of a thorough and can
lid investigation by thinking people
md We further submit that when drug
lists turn away customers by classifying
he character of aremedy because they do
lot happen to have it on hand, they DO
reat wrong. If this afflicted man had